The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

This pole near the infield rail at Belmont Park marks the jaw-dropping margin of Secretariat’s 1973 Belmont Stakes victory.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.

The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.